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WEBBy Maria Morkas. A memorial honoring the lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks was held Sept. 15 at the Rice Memorial Center Chapel. A flag-raising ceremony followed in Ray’s Courtyard. Guest speakers and attendees also placed small U.S. flags in a 9/11 formation to “honor the fallen.”. NEWS 9/17/24 11:07pm.
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WEBAug 17, 2024 — Jeremy Zucker headlined Rice’s second annual Moody X-Fest in Founder’s Court on April 19. In advance of Zucker’s set, student groups like Basmati Beats, Rice Philharmonic and BASYK performed. The festival also offered complimentary merchandise and food from Dripped Birra, Cane’s and Oh my Gogi. NEWS 4/17/24 5:23pm.
Rice ranks No. 18 in U.S. News - The Rice Thresher
WEBBy Riya Misra 9/24/24 6:56am. Rice ranks No. 18 in the the U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 national university rankings tied with Vanderbilt University and the University of Notre Dame. Rice has also placed No. 8, 9 and 29 in the Niche, Forbes and Wall Street Journal rankings, respectively. USNWR placed Rice No. 17 last year, and No. 15 in ...
Rice launches 10-year strategic plan - The Rice Thresher
WEB5 days ago — Administrative leaders discussed the next 10 years of Rice’s investments and programs during the Oct. 1 of the university’s new 10-year strategic plan. Courtesy Katharine Shilcutt. The university launched a new strategic plan that will develop investments in research and teaching over the next …
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WEB6 days ago — By Thresher Editorial Board. A recent study conducted by Bowen Cho examined top universities’ accessibility and disability infrastructure, ranking them on the basis of support, inclusion, safety and critical pedagogy, among other factors. Each university was graded — and Rice placed 35th, with a …
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WEBOPINION 10/1/24 10:52pm Rice bends to Zionist propaganda By Matti Haacke and Erica Augenstein. In the last several weeks, Rice University held three events — both openly and behind closed doors — that, taken together, demonstrate its commitment to advancing a Zionist ideology on campus, which serves as the foundation for Israel’s increasingly psychotic expansion of its genocidal violence ...
We should educate ourselves on Rice’s history
WEBNov 28, 2023 — Rice’s 111-year history is marked by lots of positive impact — and plenty of harmful actions. William Marsh Rice, the university’s founder and namesake, was a slave owner, and from the school’s establishment as a free institution for only white students to Ku Klux Klan meetings occurring on Rice property, the connections to segregation and racial injustice cannot be denied.
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WEBSep 28, 2024 — The Rice Thresher is the official campus newspaper of Rice University, published by undergraduate students. Since its first publication 105 years ago, in January 1916, the Thresher has continued to provide the student body with up-to-date campus news and information. The Thresher is published each Wednesday during the …
Observations and adjustments after Rice football falls to Charlotte
WEB5 days ago — By Andersen Pickard 10/1/24 11:30pm. Rice football led for more than 53 minutes during Saturday’s conference battle with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but it wasn’t enough. The Owls surrendered a touchdown with 47 seconds remaining and missed a potential game-winning field goal as time expired, falling to Charlotte, 21-20.
Letter from the editor’s desk: Telling the stories closest to home
WEBSep 3, 2024 — In the spring, journalists from the Columbia Spectator and the Vanderbilt Hustler reported around-the-clock on the encampments, police interference and disciplinary action that rocked college campuses across the U.S. I’ve always believed that journalism starts locally, and that begins with the students telling the stories closest to home.